ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322945
| Date: | Tuesday 3 December 2002 |
| Time: | 06:12 |
| Type: |  Learjet 36A |
| Owner/operator: | Phoenix Air |
| Registration: | N546PA |
| MSN: | 36-045 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 12335 hours |
| Engine model: | Garrett TFE731-2-2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Astoria Airport, OR (AST) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Astoria Airport, OR (AST/KAST) |
| Astoria Airport, OR (AST/KAST) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Learjet 36 corporate jet (N546PA) struck an elk while accellerating through takeoff decision speed at Astoria Airport's runway 08. Takeoff was aborted but the aircraft overran the runway, coming to rest in a marshy patch, 180 feet beyond the departure threshold.. The Learjet was on a support mission for the Canadian Armed Forces.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Collision with an elk during the takeoff roll. Factors include dark night VFR conditions."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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